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Lego

UK/ˈlɛɡoʊ/ US/ˈlɛɡoʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

(trademark) a child''s plastic construction set for making mechanical models

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Origin

Name of a company founded in 1934, shortened from Danish leg godt (literally “play well”). Coincidentally, the word also means “I put together” in Latin (see legō).

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